This week, Rafael Behr talks to Bobby Duffy from The Policy Institute at King's College London about trust in the government during the Coronavirus pandemic and how our identities and cognitive biases affect who we trust in politics.
\nTopics discussed in order
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\nFall-out from Dominic Cummings;\nPublic health messaging during lock-down;\nStats coronavirus tests it says it’s been carrying out;\nBobby Duffy conversation starts
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\nKing's College new report;\nsupport for the government coming out of the lock-down;\nHow identities influence how we view the government's response to the pandemic;\nGrowth of tribal identities;\nConflict extension theory;\nPotential for a culture war like the US?
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\nConnections between leave/remain tribes and trust in how govt. is dealing with Coronavirus;\nNational pride;\nConfirmation bias How do political identity and self-preservation interact?
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\nHow good are we at assessing risk?\nEmotional innumeracy
\n17.40
\nGood that we overestimate risk in such scenarios?\nSystem 1 v System 2 thinking\nDo politicians exploit our ‘faulty thinking’?
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\nDo we understand reality more or less than the 1940s?
\n22
\nDeliberative democracy;\nWhat is it?\nIs it underused?
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\nEire using DD before their 2018 abortion referendum;\nIs context important?
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\nHas trust in politicians declined recently?\nIs it rational not to trust politicians?
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\nDo we suffer from rosy retrospection?\nDoes identity come before people’s politics?
\n36
\nProgressives, facts and trust;\nMoral outlook and who we trust\nHow Trump communicates trust via a distorted view of reality.
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\nHow will we look back at our unity at the start of the lock-down?\nroom for optimism?\noptimism/uncertainty about how we come out of Coronavirus;\ngenerational conflict?
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\nIn conclusion
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\nEnd